Comments on: Caps vs. Pens: The Fix Is In?http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/04/06/caps-vs-pens-the-fix-is-in/
We're the relentlessly fun Washington Capitals blog hopelessly devoted to Alex Ovechkin, Dmitry Orlov, and Evgeny Kuznetsov!Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:47:00 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7By: FlyersFanhttp://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/04/06/caps-vs-pens-the-fix-is-in/#comment-1567
Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:13:24 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=2941#comment-1567You guys sound like a bunch of Flyers fans. Nice to see we’re not the only ones thinking we’re getting the shaft from the zebras every time we play Pittsburgh. Though to be fair I think the Caps catch more than their fair share of breaks as well from the Zebras…just not near as much as the miserable Penguins.
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Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:27:04 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=2941#comment-1564@Easy
Thank again for all information you sent. I really appreciate your desire to change things that really damage our society. I hope the voice of people like you can change it, but the question is why the media never even discuss these things. Do we have free press, don’t we?
]]>By: Easyhttp://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/04/06/caps-vs-pens-the-fix-is-in/#comment-1557
Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:41:41 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=2941#comment-1557@caps nut
O’Halloran was dropped from the rotation for later rounds. Previously, he had worked an SCF. IMO, Game 3 was a part of the issue. Leggo, his partner had never been out of the second round. Detroit also has a history with O’Halloran and their fans and players are none to fond of him. That was likely in addition to the Caps/Pens issue. Followers of the postings of our group would learn the history of some of the refs. We do try to serve as a collection point for info.
]]>By: Sherryhttp://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/04/06/caps-vs-pens-the-fix-is-in/#comment-1556
Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:25:29 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=2941#comment-1556seems to be a lot of bickering going on somewhere in all those comments, i love your blog, its one of the best, i appreciate your humor matched with your awesome knowledge of all things russian and caps , keep up the good work!!!
]]>By: Caps Nuthttp://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/04/06/caps-vs-pens-the-fix-is-in/#comment-1554
Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:36:08 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=2941#comment-1554Ok, I will grant you that refs sometimes miss calls. But that’s pretty darn big thing to miss for that long.

However, why wasn’t any action taken against the crew that badly botched the call?

The exact same crew worked Game 5 of that series and half of them got to work Game 7.

What other league would tolerate that kind of incompetence from its best officials on its biggest stage and just sweep it under the rug?

A brief statistical analysis of calls (there is much more in the data that is collected):http://hfboards.com/showpost.php?p=21331183&postcount=8
ACPG is calls resulting in manpower advantages, CPG is all calls. Generally the differential between the two numbers is a pretty good definition of game control for each ref.

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Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:46:56 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=2941#comment-1549@Easy
Thank you very much for the link where ‘Stars fan evaluating the refs’.http://hfboards.com/showpost.php?p=19456944&postcount=517
Absolutely tremendous work!!!
My advice to everybody who love the game of hockey (doesn’t matter which team you support) to read it.

I feel very sorry, for Pittsburgh fans. Yes, I want Washington to win Stanley cup, but I don’t want them to win in the same way like Pittsburgh did last year.

Of cause refs are humans and they can make a mistake or miss some things.
Asked yourself why during 15 consecutive games they missed a lot of Pens calls and punished Caps for anything what can possibly be punished.
77 Pens power plays against 44 Caps.
By the way Caps the best scoring team in the league.
People just try not too believe or afraid to say about the conspiracy.

]]>By: unbiased hockey loverhttp://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/04/06/caps-vs-pens-the-fix-is-in/#comment-1544
Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:02:35 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=2941#comment-1544Rule 74 Too Many men on the Ice
taken from NHL.com

If in the course of making a substitution, either the player entering the game or the player (or goalkeeper) retiring from the ice surface plays the puck with his stick, skates or hands or who checks or makes any physical contact with an opposing player while either the player entering the game or the retiring player is actually on the ice, then the infraction of “too many men on the ice” will be called.

Eaton never came near the play which was below the goal line for all 21 seconds. Maybe the ref had his attention focused on the play below the goal line instead of the blue line. refs like players also have to make split second decisions and many times they miss things. the game happens extremely fast and 21 seconds happens in the blink of an eye when youre on the ice and not at home with your DVR recording penalties to prove the conspiracy to help the penguins every year.

]]>By: BorikDinerhttp://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/04/06/caps-vs-pens-the-fix-is-in/#comment-1543
Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:37:13 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=2941#comment-1543Well, 15 consecutive games Pens got huge power play advantage agains Caps, if this is not conspiracy what it is.

NHL doesn’t want Caps to win Stanley cup. So far they think, that Pittsburgh is the team who can stop Caps. This why if Caps and Pens will meet again, Pens will have huge power play advantage. This how they won in the last year play off. It is what it is, you can’t change it. Caps need to play much much better to win in the play off series against Pittsburg.

More statistics:
Pittsburgh power play opportunities about 3.89 per game for this season.
With Washington are 4.75 per game
Pittsburgh short handed about 3.89 per game.
With Washington are 2

Washington power play opportunities about 3.87 per game for this season.
With Pittsburgh are 2 per game
Washington short handed about 3.93 per game.
With Pittsburgh are 4.75 per game 2
I’m not trying to say that Caps are better (I hope they are). Only one thing I want is the same rules for all teams. Of cause if you have huge power play advantage it is much easier to win. If you put Caps short handed for half of the game, even minor league team can win.

If in the play off Pittsburg again will have power play advantage (against any team), this will defiantly damage their image. Pittsburg is a good hockey team, they don’t need this help. They can compete with any team in the league, and win without power play advantage. If they will do so, I will applaud them myself, otherwise they should be very ashamed.